In 1980, Vilks began building Nimis in secret ... Visit Atlas Obscura for more on Ladonia. Photo: Lars Nilsson/Creative Commons ...

Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two sculptures. The territory is part of the natural ...

Vilks, who became well-known in Sweden in the 1990s after attempting to establish the sovereign country of Ladonia in order to stage an art exhibit, lives in a rural area of southern Sweden.

This micronation is called Ladonia, officially proclaimed in 1996 following a legal dispute between Swedish artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two of his sculptures. Vilks began building ...

Last month's attacks on Paris' Charlie Hebdo offices and Saturday's shootings in Copenhagen, which are thought to have targeted Lars Vilks ... country he called Ladonia. Vilks' work was similarly ...

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FILE - Swedish artist Lars Vilks is pictured during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, for the opening of an exhibition that featured some of his works, Aug. 27, 2021. Swedish authorities say an exploding ...

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